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• Virgie Marie Payne, Ogden, Weber County, Utah, VS († 2008)
• Maria Carolina De de Vos, Utrecht, Utrecht, NL († 1960)
• Michael Maria Floris, Alkmaar († 1960)
• Nasier Kalaykhan, Paramaribo, Suriname († 2007)
• Judith Lee Bauer, Staten Island, New York, Verenigde Staten († 2010)
• Titus Elbers, Nijmegen, Gelderland, Nederland († 1992)
• wilhelmina g.g.m. (wilmy) grommen, venlo
• Grada Steunenberg, Apeldoorn († 1960)
• († 2010)
• N.N. Hoonings, Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland († 1960)

• Annigje van Malssen (58)
• Bertha Charlotta van Senden (77), Utrecht
• Albertus Cornelis Nub‚ (79), Leeuwarden,Frl
• Bernardus Franciscus Tanke (52), Hengelo, 7550, Nederland
• Anna Maria Christina Dijcks (77), Herten
• Anna Reina Hacquebard (53), Loenen
• Alida van den Heuvel (67), Hilversum
• Antonie Jacobus Waasdorp (68), Den Haag
• Alida van Oordt (58), Zeist, Utrecht, Nederland
• Antonia Lena Scardino (64), 308 Dillon, Houston, Harris, Texas, Verenigde Staten

• 1957 » Dave Stieb, American baseball player
• 1958 » David Von Erich, American wrestler († 1984)
• 1958 » Tatsunori Hara, Japanese baseball player and coach
• 1960 » Jon Oliva, American singer-songwriter and keyboard player
• 1961 » Calvin Fish, English racing driver and sportscaster
• 1961 » Keith Sweat, American singer-songwriter and producer
• 1962 » Alvin Robertson, American basketball player
• 1962 » Martine St. Clair, Canadian singer and actress
• 1963 » Emilio Butragueño, Spanish footballer
• 1963 » Emily Saliers, American singer-songwriter and musician

• 1940 » George Fuller, Australian politician, 22nd Premier of New South Wales (b. 1861)
• 1948 » Rūdolfs Jurciņš, Latvian basketball player (b. 1909)
• 1950 » William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canadian economist and politician, 10th Prime Minister of Canada (b. 1874)
• 1958 » Mikhail Zoshchenko, Ukrainian-Russian soldier and author (b. 1895)
• 1967 » Carl Sandburg, American poet and historian (b. 1878)
• 1968 » Giovannino Guareschi, Italian journalist and cartoonist (b. 1908)
• 1970 » George Johnston, Australian journalist and author (b. 1912)
• 1974 » Wayne Morse, American lawyer and politician (b. 1900)
• 1979 » J. V. Cain, American football player (b. 1951)
• 1979 » Sándor Kocsis, Hungarian footballer and manager (b. 1929)

• Koningin Juliana (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from September 4, 1948 till April 30, 1980 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from May 19, 1959 to July 24, 1964 the cabinet De Quay, with Prof. dr. J.E. de Quay (KVP) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 11.4 million citizens.
• February 13 » With the success of a nuclear test codenamed "Gerboise Bleue", France becomes the fourth country to possess nuclear weapons.
• April 26 » Forced out by the April Revolution, President of South Korea Syngman Rhee resigns after 12 years of dictatorial rule.
• June 26 » The former British Protectorate of British Somaliland gains its independence as Somaliland.
• July 11 » Congo Crisis: The State of Katanga breaks away from the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
• August 1 » Islamabad is declared the federal capital of the Government of Pakistan.
• December 16 » A United Airlines Douglas DC-8 and a TWA Lockheed Super Constellation collide over Staten Island, New York and crash, killing all 128 people aboard both aircraft and six more on the ground.

The temperature on July 22, 1960 was between 10.1 °C and 17.9 °C and averaged 14.0 °C. There was 0.1 mm of rain during 0.2 hours. There was 7.3 hours of sunshine (46%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the southwest.